After October, the temperature in City B dropped at an exaggerated speed.
Shi Jin looked at the school gate approaching from the car window, exhaled lightly, and asked, "Who's next?"
Gua Wu, who was driving, looked at him and remained silent.
"Yesterday you had an impromptu meeting. After the meeting, Lian Jun's expression was okay, but your expressions were all very ugly... It's been decided, right? Who is it? Let me prepare myself mentally." Shi Jin turned his head and looked at him in the rearview mirror.
Gua Wu quickly moved his eyes away and parked the car steadily at the school gate. After a stalemate with him for a while, a slightly pitiful and embarrassed expression appeared on his honest face. He opened his mouth and replied, "It's me."
"What?" Shi Jin sat up in a flash.
"Lang Zhu sent a list of names, Gua Jiu is 'dead', and with Master Jun's way of doing things, he will definitely take revenge. Lang Zhu also needs to pay something to gain the complete trust of Meng Qing and Qi Yun... Master Jun asked me to 'kill' the people on the list sent by Lang Zhu and send them to accompany Gua Jiu. After that... I have to leave." Gua Wu answered, and suddenly turned around and looked at Shi Jin, and assured, "Master Shi, don't worry, I will come back, and I will not let you and Master Jun face the future alone."
"Don't come back!" Shi Jin almost shouted this sentence sternly. Seeing his expression darken, he quickly slowed down his tone and said, "After it's safe, don't come back for the time being. Wait until everyone is completely safe, and then... No, forget about us and live your own life well."
"Mr. Shi." Gua Wu frowned, his expression tense. Shi Jin
reached out and patted his shoulder, suppressed his reluctance, and said, "Don't let Mr. Lian's hard work go to waste. Let's go, and be safe." After that, he smiled at him, picked up his backpack, opened the door, got out of the car, and left without looking back.
Gua Wu watched him leave, clenched his fist, and hit the steering wheel.
...
Lu Shan quickly confirmed the identity of the person they shot, and also intercepted some data from the computer and mobile phone left by that person that the system had not had time to destroy.
She was so excited that she said at the meeting: "The one we killed was actually the new generation Gua Jiu who was always hiding behind the scenes and helping Lian Jun collect and investigate various information and data! This person actually accompanied Lian Jun to attend the April meeting two years ago and showed up in front of everyone, but because he always followed behind Gua Yi and Gua Er, I thought he was just a subordinate of Gua Yi and Gua Er, and didn't pay much attention to him. Unexpectedly, he was actually Gua Jiu! Lian Jun really doesn't keep useless people around him!"
"Are you sure he is Gua Jiu? Isn't he too young?" Meng Qing was a little suspicious.
"Absolutely. I remember that this person was following Shi Jin at the meeting two years ago. At that time, Shi Jin was just a newcomer who appeared at the meeting for the first time. People who were hanging out with him naturally thought that they must be unimportant little characters. But now you see, Shi Jin's position in Mie is not important, right? Then how could the people who followed him at that time really be little characters?" Lu Shan said with certainty, and then took out a tablet. "This contains the files from Gua Jiu's computer and mobile phone. The intercepted data also indirectly proves his identity. Now Lian Jun must have known about Gua Jiu's death and guessed that we got this part of the data. Before he reacts to it, I will use this to make him suffer a loss! "
Hearing Shi Jin's name, Meng Qing was slightly convinced, but he did not express his opinion immediately. Instead, he looked at Qi Yun and asked, "What do you think?"
Qi Yun said, "After being passively beaten for so long, it is indeed time for us to fight back. Lu Shan, can you send me a copy of the data you got?"
"Of course!" Lu Shan agreed, glanced at them, and said, "Next, it's time for close cooperation."
...
Before Shi Jin could take a holiday next week, Gua Wu left alone one morning. Shi Jin saw a farewell message from Gua Wu when he checked his phone after morning training. The message only contained one sentence: I'm leaving, I'll be back.
He looked at the message for a long time, then moved his fingers and deleted Gua Wu's contact information.
...
Lang Zhu suddenly got involved in the economic tug-of-war between Mie, Wu Men and Snake Fang, and accurately and ruthlessly pulled out several hidden stakes buried by Mie in Area X and Area LD, destroying the harassment network that Mie tried to secretly establish in Area X and Area DL. The business network of
Wu Men and Snake Fang, which was disturbed by Mie, stabilized a little. The two companies took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack against Mie in Area X and Area DL, and Qianye and Lang Zhu actively helped.
In less than half a month, Mie's secret agents in these two areas were almost wiped out by Wolf Spider, and his business was disrupted by Wumen and Snake Fang, so he had to temporarily stop the offensive.
"Should we seize the opportunity to pursue the victory? Now most of Mie's secret agents in Area X and Area DL have been wiped out, and his business network is unstable. We may be able to take advantage of this opportunity to eat up this part of Mie's business." Yuan Peng took the initiative to propose, and he was eager to try. He had suffered enough from insufficient resources. If he could bite off a piece of Mie's meat, Snake Fang would be stable!
Lu Shan did not say that he opposed or supported it, but just looked at Meng Qing, and it was very obvious that he wanted him to make the decision.
"Chase!" Meng Qing made the decision, full of pride, "Take advantage of this momentum and destroy most of its overseas business networks! See how it can maintain its position as number one!"
...
When November came, it began to rain continuously in City B, and the weather became wet and cold. Fei Yujing, who had already recovered from his injuries, left the holiday villa to take care of his own affairs, and the villa seemed even more deserted.
Shi Jin stood by the pond outside the small building with an umbrella, looking at the withered lotus leaves on the surface of the pond, and sighed softly.
"What are you sighing for?" Rong Zhouzhong's voice suddenly rang not far away.
He was stunned and looked up in disbelief.
Rong Zhouzhong stood on the wooden bridge over the pond and looked at this side, holding an umbrella in his hand. He was wearing a casual camel-colored mid-length coat with a black turtleneck sweater underneath. His hair was dyed black and cut a little short, all combed back. He looked a little mature and stable.
"Why are you here?" Shi Jin asked in surprise after a long time to find his voice.
"I asked my agent for a few days off, and I came here." Rong Zhouzhong answered, leaned over to collect his umbrella, stood under Shi Jin's umbrella, put his arm around his shoulders, and looked at the pond in front of them with him, which had no scenery at all. He asked, "Did you miss me?" Shi
Jin turned his head to look at him blankly, then smiled, nudged him, and said, "How is that possible."
"I'll just think you missed me." Rong Zhouzhong also smiled, looked around the resort, and asked, "What's fun here? I've been working for several months in a row and I urgently need a break." Shi
Jin's mood improved visibly, and he said, "There's nothing fun here, and it's raining. If you had come a week earlier, we could have dragged my second brother to play Landlord together. Now he's gone... Have you eaten? I'll make you something?"
"No, I'm starving." Rong Zhouzhong held his stomach and asked, "I want to eat steak."
"No, only noodles." Shi Jin rolled his eyes at him, grabbed his arm, and led him into the small building.
Upstairs, by the study window, Lian Jun withdrew his gaze from the downstairs, and finally was willing to pay some attention to Zhang Zhuoyuan on the other end of the phone.
"…What's going on? Didn't you say you were going to destroy the other four companies' overseas businesses first? I even helped you arrange all your overseas relationships, and I did everything you asked me to do, but what's going on now? Just because one of your subordinates died and leaked some information, all your overseas connections collapsed? Now you are being suppressed by those big organizations, and they have taken a lot of your flesh away from you. Are you going to fatten them up? What are you doing!"
Zhang Zhuoyuan's voice became louder and his attitude became worse. The phone was on loud speaker, and Gua Yi and Gua Er in the room heard what he said, and their faces darkened instantly.
"Lian Jun? Lian Jun, say something! I just don't understand, how could you have such useless subordinates? They died, so they died, but they actually leaked the information. If I had known this would happen, I would--" "
You just what?" Lian Jun turned back to the desk, picked up the list that Wolf Spider had sent before, and asked calmly into the phone on the desk, "What do you want to do? Director Zhang, I understand your anxiety, but I also hope you can understand how I feel about the death of an important subordinate who I have been with day and night."
His tone was light, and his words were flat, and he didn't say anything threatening, but Zhang Zhuoyuan's blood rushed to his head, but it cooled down in an instant. He realized belatedly that he was a little too "impudent" just now, and lowered his tone a little, and said, "I don't want to do anything, Lian Jun , I am really anxious. Now even Snake Fang has stabilized. I am worried... "
Lian Jun interrupted him and said, "Snake Fang's current stability is just a mirage. The more business they swallow now, the more severe the backlash will be in the future. Director Zhang, please be patient."
Zhang Zhuoyuan finally got some definite answers from him. He knew that he was planning to sell profits and dig traps to trap the enemy. His heart was relieved and his tone was completely lowered. He said, "Lian Jun, if you have any plans in the future, it's better to tell me in advance, so that I can be prepared and can help better--"
"You just need to help me do what I ask you to do." Lian Jun interrupted him again, and finally a little coldness came out of his voice, "I lost a subordinate, and many more may die in the future. I have not been in a good mood recently. Director Zhang, don't let me hear you say that you just lost a subordinate. I can't guarantee that I will do something." After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Gua Yi immediately glanced at the instrument on the other side and said, "Zhang Zhuoyuan is indeed locating our position."
"Tsk, he is so worried that we will run away secretly. We are obviously staying under his nose. Fortunately, he doesn't know that this holiday villa belongs to Lu Shan, otherwise we will have to deal with his fantasy again." Gua Er mocked.
Lian Jun put down the list in his hand and asked, "Where is Gua Wu?"
Gua Yi replied, "He has led the team to the vicinity of the first target person and can act at any time."
"Let him take action tonight." Lian Jun ordered and sat behind the desk, "Hurry up, after dealing with foreign affairs, it's time to turn to the country."
Gua Yi and Gua Er heard this and both felt nervous. They responded in unison and then tacitly left the study.
Gua San was waiting outside. When he saw them come out, he asked without any context, "Is it me?"
"Young Master Jun didn't mention who would be the next person to go out." Gua Yi replied.
Gua San heaved a sigh of relief, but soon his expression turned gloomy again: "But... it should be me. You and Gua Er must stay until the end... it can only be me. Can I still spend the New Year with you this year?"
It's only November now, and the New Year is at the end of January next year. There are more than two months in between. It is obvious that Gua San can't stay that long.
Gua Yi and Gua Er were both silent. Finally, Gua Er stepped forward, patted Gua San on the shoulder, and said, "You will go to send Shi Jin back to school tomorrow."
"What's that?" Gua San smiled bitterly, then raised his hand to wipe his face and said, "Okay, I'll do it."
...
Rong Zhouzhong spent a weekend with Shi Jin at the villa. The two brothers spent the whole day lying on the sofa without any image, playing games, eating snacks, watching some nutritious popcorn movies, and bickering from time to time. It was quite lively.
On the day of returning to school, Rong Zhouzhong accompanied Shi Jin down the mountain. He leaned on the back seat without any image and asked, "Xiao Jin, your birthday is coming this year, how are you going to celebrate it?" Shi Jin
was playing mahjong on his phone and replied, "It's not a holiday that day, I have classes, so I won't celebrate it. You guys don't have to worry about it. Birthdays come every year, don't worry too much."
"That won't do. The situation this year is special. I don't know where the second brother has gone. For the sake of safety, the eldest brother had better not come out. The fifth brother may have been watched by bad guys. He can come out, but he can't come to see you, lest he exposes your whereabouts. I don't know what the fourth brother is busy with recently, and I can't contact him. Now I am the only one who can celebrate your birthday. This is a good opportunity to monopolize you. I must pay attention to it." Rong Zhouzhong deliberately said and bumped his shoulder. "How about it, how do you want to celebrate? I'll charter a plane for you and scatter candy at the gate of your school?" Shi
Jin couldn't stand it and replied: "What a rubbish idea, do you think I'm a child or a naive little girl? Can B City let you play with airplanes? Don't always think about making a big news, I need to keep a low profile now."
"That's right." Rong Zhouzhong reluctantly gave up the celebration plan. Seeing that he really had no interest in his birthday, he asked, "Do you really not want to celebrate your birthday?" Shi
Jin raised his eyes to look at him and said with certainty, "No, not at all!"
"Okay then." Rong Zhouzhong compromised.
There was no conversation along the way, and the car stopped steadily at the school gate.
Before Shi Jin got off the car, Rong Zhouzhong suddenly spoke again and said, "Before, I felt bad because I couldn't help you, but now I am a little glad that I couldn't help you before and didn't let those bad guys know that I am also your brother. Xiao Jin, now I am the only one who can come to you without pressure, so when you are in a bad mood, just come to me and act coquettishly. I am very free at the end of the year and can accompany you anytime." Shi Jin
looked back at him, suddenly leaned over and hugged him, then said goodbye to Gua San who was driving, and got off the car with his backpack.
People who are in the entertainment industry, will be free at the end of the year?
He crossed the road and entered the campus, throwing his backpack on his back - how is it possible. However, he felt very happy that he still had a brother to meet normally.
...
Even Mie could not withstand the combined attack of the four companies for long. Soon, Mie was forced to completely abandon the interests of Area X and Area DL and quickly retracted its business network.
Wumen and Sheya took advantage of the victory and began to frantically devour the profits left by Mie. Qianye and Langzhu, because their business focus was not overseas, were more restrained and gave up most of their profits.
This was the first major victory they had won in the battle against Mie since the establishment of the alliance.
Then one day, Lushan found something wrong.
"An important subordinate I placed in Country R was assassinated." At the meeting, Lu Shan threw out a photo of a man being shot, with a serious expression, "Everyone, pay attention, Lian Jun's counterattack may be coming."
Meng Qing thought she was making a fuss, and said: "Mie is now being suppressed by us, and his business network has shrunk by half. How can he have the spare energy to fight back. It's just the death of a subordinate, you are too nervous."
"Meng Qing, put away your arrogance. I have dealt with Lian Jun for so many years, and I know his rhythm and style of doing things best. Often, those details that we don't care about or think are insignificant are the beginning of his network!" Lu Shan's expression was serious, and she emphasized, "We can't continue to pursue him. Take back all our strength. In the next period of time, we must focus on defense."
"No." Yuan Peng was the first to raise an objection. "Our new business network connecting District X to the rest of the country is about to be established. If we back out now, it will be like wasting all our previous efforts. We will also have to return part of the meat we bit off from Mie's mouth and give it a chance to breathe."
Lu Shan shook her head and said, "Don't let the interests cloud your head, Yuan Peng. Be careful of backlash if you are too aggressive."
Yuan Peng simply didn't want to listen. He had finally lived a comfortable life recently and, with the support of Meng Qing, he had gained some say in the alliance. Now he was asked to give up his interests and listen to Lu Shan obediently, but he was unwilling to do so.
Lu Shan frowned, looked at Meng Qing again, and said, "What do you think?"
Meng Qing pretended to be distressed and said, "We are all acting together, and our interests are all tied together. You can't just say to retreat, so why don't we wait and see for a while?"
This was not in favor of retreating.
Lu Shan's expression darkened, and she looked at Qi Yun again.
"Let's wait and see, but Lu Shan is right, Wumen and Sheya are expanding too fast now, it's time to calm down, and the mess they have destroyed is too big, and they can't slow down for the time being, and they can't organize an effective counterattack, so everyone doesn't have to be so anxious." Qi Yun spoke up and helped.
Finally, after some discussion, everyone unanimously decided to wait and see, and then to hold back a little bit to stabilize the current business network. Lu Shan clearly disagreed with this decision, but with three against one, she had no choice but to compromise. Two
days later, an important subordinate of Lu Shan buried in Country H also died quietly.
Lu Shan exploded directly, and cursed at the meeting: "It must be Lian Jun! I killed one of his subordinates, and he actually killed two of mine. Good, very good!"
Meng Qing and Qi Yun looked at each other and comforted her a little. Yuan Peng frowned, remembering that he was also involved in the last incident, and became alert in his heart.
The assassinations continued with increasing frequency. Before December, six of Lu Shan's generals had been killed. The business chain from the outside to the Formosa Island came to a temporary standstill due to the loss of several key persons in charge.
"I have to withdraw the forces outside." At another meeting, Lu Shan said angrily, and her condition looked very bad. "There are six people in total, and they have directly pulled my entire line! I do know a little about Mie, but it is obvious that Lian Jun knows me better! No matter how I defend myself, my people still die one after another. If this continues, my foundation in Baodao will collapse without Lian Jun having to spend any effort to deal with it! I have to withdraw the forces outside to fill this part of the hole and hold on to the few important subordinates I have left. Don't stop me."
The other three were also shocked by Lian Jun's move of cutting off the source of funds, and did not embarrass her. They also expressed their willingness to provide help.
Lu Shan waved her hand and said, "No, you guys take care of yourselves. Lian Jun's counterattack is definitely not over. Everyone be careful."
...
Two days before and after Shi Jin's birthday, the cart had to return to the arena. Shi Jin was a little speechless. He didn't expect that his brothers would still send him a lot of birthday gifts this year.
In fact, compared to last year, the number of gifts sent this year was a little more restrained, but because Rong Zhouzhong didn't send the gifts to Shi Jin in advance like last year, but chose to send them by express delivery, and Li Jiuzheng, who was not convenient to come, also sent gifts by express delivery, so the total number of boxes didn't seem to be much less than last year.
"Oh my god, a whole box of sunglasses, Shi Jin, which relative of yours gave this as a gift? It's too..." Liu Yong's expression was very confusing. He took out a pair of sunglasses from the box and looked at it. His hands were shaking a little. "Fuck, it's inlaid with pearls. Are these pearls real or fake..." Shi
Jin silently closed the box of sunglasses and said, "My relative is a sunglasses enthusiast, so... well, I'll treat you to dinner tonight. What do you want to eat, hot pot or stir-fry?"
Liu Yong said seriously in the mood of taking advantage of the rich, "I want to eat a seafood feast!" Shi
Jin looked at him with a look of idiot: "If you can find a seafood restaurant in the school, I'll treat you."
Liu Yong sighed: "Why isn't your birthday on the weekend? What a pity."
...
At dinner time that day, Shi Jin received another call from the security guard. He was a little confused. He had already received all the gifts from his five brothers, so how could there be another express delivery?
Liu Yong's eyes lit up and he immediately took out the cart: "Another treasure coming?" Shi Jin
shook his head in confusion and took him and Luo Donghao to the school gate.
The security guard saw him coming from afar, and he stretched out his hand enthusiastically and said, "Student, your takeaway!"
Takeaway?
Shi Jin was surprised and looked sideways in the direction the guard pointed. He saw a takeaway food truck from a well-known hotel parked there, and a man in a waiter's uniform was standing outside the car. The man saw Shi Jin when the gatekeeper called him, and hurriedly came up with a greeting card. He stopped in front of Shi Jin, handed the greeting card to him with a smile, and said, "Is this Mr. Shi? I am the delivery man of XX Restaurant. Today, I am entrusted by your brother to deliver your birthday meal to you. I wish you a happy birthday." Shi
Jin took the greeting card and opened it. A line of handwritten small words appeared in front of him: I will eat longevity noodles this year. I wish Xiao Jin a long life and a happy birthday. Brother loves you [heart].
He looked at the heart and suddenly felt his nose a little sour, so he raised his hand and rubbed the tip of his nose.
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